Publications: Multifunctional plants - Food, Feed, Industrial Products

Title	Year	Literature Type	Authors
A concept for simultaneous wasteland reclamation, fuel production, and socio-economic development in degraded areas in India. Need, potential and perspectives of Jatropha plantations Natural Resources Forum	2005	Journal contribution	George Francis, Raphael Edinger and Klaus Becker
Nutritional and antinutritional composition, in vitro amino acid availability, starch digestibility and predicted glycemic index of differentially processed Mucuna beans (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis): An under-utilzed legume. Food Chemistry	2005	Journal contribution	Siddhuraju, P. and Becker, K.
Improving the nutritient availability in rice - biotechnology or biodiversity? Agriculture & Rural Development	2004	Journal contribution	Frei, M. and Becker, K.
Functional Feed - Sekundäre Pflanzeninhaltsstoffe mit Sonderwirkungen in der Tierernährung. Informationen für die Landwirtschaftsverwaltung	2003	Journal contribution	Becker, K.
Jatropha plantations on degraded land	2003	Working paper	Becker, K., Francis, G.
Studies on antioxidant activities of mucuna seed (Mucuna pruriens var utilis) extract and various non-protein amino/imino acids through in vitro models. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	2003	Journal contribution	Siddhuraju, P. and Becker, K.
Studies on the in vitro starch digestibility and the glycemic index of six different indigenous rice cultivars from the Philippines Food Chemistry	2003	Journal contribution	Frei, M., Siddhuraju, P. and Becker, K.
Antinutrients in plant-derived fish feed ingredients - effects and control Global Aquaculture Advocate	2002	Journal contribution	Francis, G., Makkar, H. P. S., Becker, K.
Effect of soaking and ionising radiation on various antinutritional factors from different species of an unconventional legume, Sesbania and common legume, Green Gram (Vigna radiata) Food Chemistry	2002	Journal contribution	Siddhuraju, P., Osoniyi, O., Makkar, H. P. S., and Becker, K.
Effects of long-term feeding of Quillaja saponins on sex ratio, muscle and serum cholesterol and LH levels in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus (L.)) Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C	2002	Journal contribution	George Francis, Berta Levavi-Sivan, Ayelet Avitan, Klaus Becker
Effects of phenolic non-protein amino acid, L-dopa (L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine), on growth performance, metabolic rates and nutrient utilisation in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) Aquaculture Nutrition	2002	Journal contribution	Siddhuraju, P. and Becker, K.
Products from little researched plants as aquaculture feed ingredients Agrippa - FAO online journal (www.fao.org/agrippa)	2002	Other publication	Francis, G., Makkar, H. P. S., Becker, K.
Studies on the antioxidant activity of Indian Laburnum (Cassia fistula L.): A preliminary assessment of crude extracts from stem bark, leaves, flowers and fruit pulp. Food Chemistry	2002	Journal contribution	Siddhuraju, P., Mohan, P. S., and Becker, K.
The biological action of saponins in animal systems: a review British Journal of Nutrition	2002	Journal contribution	George Francis, Zohar Kerem, Harinder P. S. Makkar and Klaus Becker
The effect of ionising radiation on antinutritional factors and the nutritional value of plant materials with reference to human and animal food: a review. Food Chemistry	2002	Journal contribution	Siddhuraju, P., Makkar, H. P. S., and Becker, K.
Effect of various domestic processing methods on antinutrients and in vitro protein and starch digestibility of two indigenous varieties of an Indian tribal pulse, Mucuna pruriens var. utilis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	2001	Journal contribution	Siddhuraju, P. and Becker, K.
Effect of various indigenous processing methods on -galactoside, mono- and disaccharides content of an Indian tribal pulse, Mucuna pruriens var.utilis. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	2001	Journal contribution	Siddhuraju, P. and Becker, K.
Nutritional value and antinutritional factors in leaves from different Sesbania species. Tropical Science	2001	Journal contribution	Hossain, M. A., Muetzel, S., and Becker, K.
Preliminary nutritional evaluation of mucuna seed meal (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis) in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.): An assessment by growth performance and feed utilization. Aquaculture	2001	Journal contribution	Siddhuraju, P. and Becker, K.
Rapid reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatographic method for the quantification of L-Dopa (L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine), non-methylated and methylated tetrahydroisoquinoline compounds from Mucuna beans. Food Chemistry	2001	Journal contribution	Siddhuraju, P. and Becker, K.
Species/variety differences in biochemical composition and nutritional value of Indian tribal legumes of the genus Canavalia. Nahrung / Food	2001	Journal contribution	Siddhuraju, P. and Becker, K.
Variation in grain quality of pearl millet from Sahelian West Africa. Field Crops Research	2001	Journal contribution	Bürkert, A., Moser, M., Kumar, A. K., Fürst, P., and Becker, K.
Studies on the nutritional composition and antinutritional factors in three different germplasm seed materials of an under-utilized tropical legume, Mucuna pruriens var. utilis. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	2000	Journal contribution	Siddhuraju, P., Becker, K., and Makkar, H. P. S.